Hey Young World: Tyler, the Creator Interviews Nas, Pt. 1 [Excerpt From the November 2011 Issue]

Tyler, the Creator: Oh, is that the one where he’s on the cover? He is like this? [Tyler crouches down, posing like Slick Rick on the cover of the album.]

Nas: Yeah.

Tyler, the Creator: And then there’s, like, a city behind him?

Nas: Yeah, exactly. Exactly.

Tyler, the Creator: Yeah, I know, I know that one. I know that one. My favorite album is In Search Of…, by N.E.R.D. I think that’s the greatest shit ever. And then, probably, like, The Marshall Mathers LP. And then, I don’t know, maybe Love Deluxe, by Sade. Oh! And Hell Hath No Fury, by Clipse.

Nas: Really? Sade’s Lovers Rock album—that is one of my favorites.

Tyler, the Creator: Oh, yeah. That came out in 2000. That shit’s legit.

Nas: In the new record, I like “Babyfather.”

Tyler, the Creator: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sade is awesome. She’s so cool. Have you met her?

Tyler, the Creator: Being low-key is awesome… Your verse with fuckin’ Joe and Mariah Carey, the “Make It Last Forever (Remix),” from 2000, that’s one of my fuckin’ favorites. And Pleasure U Like—the verse with Jon B, from “Finer Things.” I was a big Jon B fan when I was younger.

Nas: This is crazy. This is crazy, man. That’s cool.

Tyler, the Creator: That shit’s so tight. Do you ever go go-karting or, like, to amusement parks or anything?

Nas: Nah, nah, nah.

Tyler, the Creator: Go go-karting. It’s fun as fuck. I went last week. Sore as shit the next day. ’Cause then, if you go with your friends and shit, it’s like a competition on the low. Then y’all just be bumping into each other, like, “No, fuck that! I want to win!” It’s amazing.

Nas: Dude, maybe I should hang with you more.

Tyler, the Creator: You should hang out with me for a day. We went egging the other night, and I hit this lady in the back of the head. And she, like… It’s kind of fucked up, but it was funny.

Nas: That’s incredible. The fact that you do… We was in junior high school, back around the way. And, you know, that was a big thing in Halloween. Everybody was egging up everything. That’s crazy. I’m glad that stopped, ’cause everybody would get hit with eggs. Everybody.

Tyler, the Creator: They don’t really do that as much. ’Cause out here in L.A., for sure, even with people my age, except for my group of friends, they just try to act older than they actually are. And, like, “I’m too good to be doing that.” And “I’m mature.” I’m like, “Nigga, you are 18. What are you doing?”

Nas: But I think it’s fucked up you went egging and hit somebody in the back of the head.

Tyler, the Creator: It wasn’t even on purpose, though. I just threw it, and she fuckin’… Like, it just, it hit, and you just see it, like… That shit was hilarious, though.

Nas: I know that just traumatized her for the rest of the year.

Tyler, the Creator: Oh, man. I got egged once, though. Like, I got hit in the chest, and I guess it was karma. I don’t know. It sucked. But later on, you’re like, Damn, that was actually funny. It’s like getting shitted on by a bird. It sucks at the moment, but a week later, you’re like, That’s funny as shit. Have you ever played Grand Theft Auto?

Nas: Yeah, yeah, I did.

Tyler, the Creator: Did you like it?

Nas: Yeah, when it first came out. I don’t play video games, though. I’m not into ’em. But the ones that got the crazy graphics and shit, I got to try it. When Grand Theft Auto first came out, I was on that, though.

Tyler, the Creator: Your daughter’s name is Destiny, right?

Nas: Yeah.

Tyler, the Creator: How old is she now?

Nas: 17.

Tyler, the Creator: That’s sick. I remember the song you dedicated to her off Street’s Disciple, the second disc.

Nas: Yeah.

Tyler, the Creator: I love that beat. That song’s legit.

Nas: Aw, thanks, man. It’s crazy, because when she was young, she was a baby, I thought, Aw, man, I’m gonna quit this rap shit before she becomes old enough to even know what I’m doing, what I did for a living. I never thought that I’d be still doing it while she’s a teen, growing up. And I’m still in the game. It kind of fucks me up.

Tyler, the Creator: It’s kind of weird, huh?

Nas: It’s weird as fuck sometimes. But then, other times, it’s, like, perfect. It’s, like, I’m glad it worked out this way. ’Cause then I would have to be telling her, “No, I really was a somebody in rap. Like, you got to believe me!”

Tyler, the Creator: She’d be like, “What the fuck you talking about, nigga? I’m about to go to the mall.”

Nas: Exactly, exactly, dude. That shit is amazing.

**FOR THE REST OF THE NAS INTERVIEW BY TYLER, THE CREATOR, PICK UP THE XXL NOVEMBER ISSUE, ON STANDS NOW**

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Fan of both Tyler and Nas but this interview was plain dumb, I feel bad for Nas. I mean, sure it might’ve looked good paper but in reality this shit stupid retarded…XXL stop it manye

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Tyler the Creator = All hype, no talent.

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I don’t know why people feel the need to be haters on here, I think this interview is perfect, I wish all interviews were this personal and casual. Keep em comin’. Chill out y’all.

edgar

I think you need a more mature and intelligent person interviewing Nas. Talking about egging old ladies, wtf? I’m about to be 21 and I think that’s plain wrong.

Dumisani

Weird! Shit is al fuckd up en useles!nxa/mxm, dis is a fucken joke!

mick

this guy has has the worst taste in music , youngsters are idiots

SDK

GREAT INTERVIEW , TYLER REAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLYYYYYYY RESPECT NAS .AND “HEAVEN” IS THE BEST FROM GOD’S SON NASIR KILLS MORDPÇAY FLOW S.MATTER……..

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NaNa

I love how they were so real with everything! No scripts, Nobody to correct them on how they speak, and just being themseleves. Just.. Great

Caleb

“When I was twelve I went to hell for snuffing Jesus” haha thats big L!

Alex

Nah man you got it mixed up. Big L sampled that off of Nas for “Devil’s Son.” That was legit Nas line from “Live at the BBQ.”

alex

No its not u dumbass

JG

your an idiot. ever listen to illmatic? its NAS NIGGA!

Luke

Thank you! I was hoping I wasnt the only one that realized that. L gets no love and people are still biting his shit to this day. Dude had one album, it’s a shame what happened to him RIP

Donte

are you fucking stupid too, thats nas know ya dumb fuck not big l

Zee

Watz Dumb Bout This Interview.. Nas is a Legend and Tyler the Creator who Everyone is Lovin Right Now Is Givin a Legend Tha Props and Respect He Deserves.. Fuck all the Hatred Against Nas.. Or Tyler for Respectin a Pioneer

Yo

like.. Nas needs to interviewed by someone that can like… talk in a complete sentence without using the work like.. and like fuck a hundred times. it’s like.. retarded. not sic.

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Nas your my favourite rapper, but this was a plain stupid interview. #iexpectmore

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“The only nigga Sade dated” –Nas, on Let My Niggas Live

Tyler, the Creator: Sade is awesome. She’s so cool. Have you met her?

Nas: I wish.

O_o

Alex

Yeah man thought same thing.

But then you realize half the shit rappers say probably made up…

Even though Nas my favorite…come on man!

Shade

Tyler didn’t even mention “Illmatic”, that album’s raw. And in my opinion, Nas’s best album and my favorite.

Alex

I laughed because this interview is so stupid and off the top.

Nas my dude. But this was weird ah

Al

I think this interview says more about these artists than any formulated interview questions any journalist staying up all night could come up with. Good on XXL and both these dudes. Nas is God(‘s Son).

Chris

It’s a great interview. Nas has done hundreds of interviews, dont you think his tired of the same boring questions? This was funny for once man!

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@Edgar, he didn’t say old lady, he just said “lady”
@Caleb, “When I was twelve” was on Big L’s song, but it was sampled from Nas. So was the “Aimin guns at nuns” part.

This was a cool interview, probably nothing like Nas has ever been a part of. It was more like somebody meeting one of his idols, and just asking him questions, and getting to know him.

As far as saying Tyler has shitty taste in music, he has basically the same taste as Nas, and has extensive knowledge of all kinds of music, as he just proved. I thought I knew a lot of music, but Tyler is a bigger music fan than me.

All in all, I think this was a pretty good read, and I wanna go check out the rest at Walgreens a little later, while I read it in the store. Peace!

Othello

I choose not to use ‘dumb’ to describe this interview, but its the least articulate interview I ever read. Ever! Is Tyler The Creator really a rapper? I wonder how he constructs his sentences in his rhymes seeing how his sentences r peppered with “its like…you know? like this…you know what I mean?” I felt like I was listening to some high school kid in the streets. And there’s nothing wrong with that, except I wouldn’t have to shell out $6 toHEAR them speak.
Nas on the cover was the ONLY reason i bought the mag. I wouldnt have, if I knew it’d b this inarticulate!

Nasir Jones

Dude was just trying to create a conversation. y’all should leave him alone. I just like the way he keep saying fuck like a lil hiphop white boy.

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it was just a cònversation not interview.

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Nas too intelligent for such retarded interviews, get someone mature next time, smh

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Ah youre right, I take that back. I’m wavin automatic guns at nuns

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tl;dr interview:

Tyler: Yo that shit’s legit.
Nas: Thanks, this is crazy.

Simon Andrew

The interview was a very plain one and very body understand the dude on the topic being discuss.i will say Nas should keep the good work up cus it help relieve people from pain if they listen to his songs.peace out.

stupid

Damn this interview sucks! Dunno why I even read it.

mikey

anyone saying thats big l’s line doesnt know shit. that is one of the lines that made all the buzz around nas. before illmatic before lifetsylez. big l sampled that shit cuz it was a dope line.

I WISH i had the oppurtunity to ask Nas some questions, Most of these questions were TOY. I would ask the Don questions with respect and at least smoke a blunt with him. ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

sofia

this is a good interview. he didnt ask him the same questions that everyone else asks. it was cool, probably refreshing for nas.

Omar EFwar

man all you haters dont know shit about Nas, this was a very good interview, convo , whatever you wish to call it. Nas is the Greatest, Star Wars is the shit!!

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Yoh!! Dope interview by tyler NAS wil always be ma best rapper of all time and i loved all the shit staff he said there big up ma nigga

Apollo

People say this interview is dumb.. but visualizing what it must have actually been like, is insane.

danny

Could this possibly be the dumbest interview of all-time? “What’s your favorite color?!????” WTF?

jay

I respect both artists for what they bring to music, but this interview is fucking horrible…You can see Nas trying to help him out to get some depth by suggesting maybe why he would like certain records but the homey Tyler didn’t take not one cue… SMH. Eh…won’t be copping this issue. Will check out each artists new album when they drop tho.

vincent

why you lot hating? this was a good interview, a few weird questions were thrown in but that shits better than all the same boring questions that get asked in interviews

Wow. I don’t even know what to make of that shit. So awkward and forced. You gotta appreciate Nas’s patience dealin with that bullshit. No doubt Tylers dope as fuck but he can’t interview for shit and he’s tryina push that immaturity A.D.D. bullshit on a fuckin legend. Nas doesn’t give a fuck about how 18 year olds try to act too grown up he aint fuckin Peter Pan he was sellin rocks at 18 not throwin eggs. This just left a bad taste in my mouth. Wish Tyler had been more prepared…

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And this is why I like Tyler. Granted he’s a 20 yr old kid who doesn’t exactly speak like a scholar, this kid has a very good ear for music and has a ton of talent. He uses music the way its supposed to be used: for creative expression. For decades too many artists have tried to make albums and tracks to hit a certain demographic and it just comes off phony and fake. Hence why I can’t listen to Ross, Drake, Wayne, and a ton of other artists out right now. Tyler really just makes tracks for himself to express himself and be as creative as he can push himself. Its not perfect, but its raw and honest as fuck.

Street’s Disciple was Nas’ most slept on album. The tracks Tyler mentioned and the track ‘Streets Disciple’ was just crazy. Nas went in on that whole album just like Tyler said. I love that this interview was done. Shouts to XXL for making this happen.

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